Guide to Securing a Catalytic Converter Recycling License in India

Get expert assistance for a catalytic converter recycling license in India

Enviroxperts are reliable consultants in providing a full range of licensing and compliance services. Our team of experts helps manufacturer exporters and supporting manufacturers understand the catalytic converter license framework. We offer extensive support and guidance in the compliance and approvals domain for all kinds of import licenses. Our services include –

We offer:

• Applicant eligibility check
• Machinery and capital goods requirement check 
• Catalytic converter recycling export obligation assessment
• Hazardous waste approval
• Pollution control certification
• IEC code issued by DGFT Portal
• Regulatory guidance
• Application follow-up
• CTO for recycling plant

A catalytic converter recycling license is mandatory for a recycling company to start the recycling process in a legal framework. Recycling helps conserve natural resources while supporting a cleaner and more sustainable future. Recycling companies with advanced machinery can recover platinum, palladium, and rhodium using metallurgical processes. 

Most vehicles and automobiles have exhaust systems with a catalytic converter, which converts toxic vehicle emissions to less harmful substances.

What is the catalytic converter recycling licence?

A catalytic converter license is a mandatory document required by a recycling business that allows them to recycle PGM metals. This license fulfills environmental and industrial compliance requirements and allows the recycling of spent catalytic converters to recover PGM metals. These metals can be further used as a resource for secondary raw material. 

Recycling the catalytic converter is a cost-effective and sustainable practice, as a tonne of recycled catalytic converters can contain more platinum than several tonnes of mined ore.

Recycling helps preserve limited natural resources while reducing energy consumption associated with mining. Rhodium recovered from a used catalytic converter can sometimes be worth more than ten times the value of gold.

A reliable catalytic converter recycling facility ensures that the PGM metals recovered do not end up in landfills. This supports a circular economy and reduces the environmental impact of the heavy metals. Recycling companies earn strong revenue from high-quality platinum, palladium, and rhodium. The condition of the converter determines the profit earned through recycling. The market value of a spent catalytic converter depends on the quantity and quality of recoverable PGM metals. 

Documentation required for the License

Mining fresh PGMs is disruptive and resource-heavy, so recovering valuable metals from the catalytic converters of exhaust systems is a smart move. 

In India, the catalytic converter recycling license is granted to the facilities that comply with recommended regulatory rules. MoEFCC regulates the recycling of hazardous materials like catalytic converters. The documentation requirements for both domestic exhaust scrap and spent catalytic converters must be fulfilled for a valid license. 

Recycling facilities need documents like: 

• Facility registration proof
• GST registration certificate
• Plant setup layout
• Machinery details
• Pollution control certificates issued by the concerned SPCB/PCC
• Consent to Establish issued by the SPCB
• Consent to Operate
• Hazardous Waste approval certificate
• IEC issued by DGFT under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Supplier details (if a catalytic converter is imported)

Why Choose EnviroXperts?

Recycling business involves extensive documentation and regulatory framework knowledge. When recyclers manage all the documentation and regulatory rules, they get overburdened. To help with this extensive documentation, reliable consultants like EnviroXperts offer comprehensive support. With our assistance, recyclers get maximum extraction of platinum and palladium from the scrap catalytic converter.

EnviroXperts, a catalytic converter recycling license consultancy firm, helps its clients with exceptional and legally compliant solutions like: 

• We provide complete guidance on facility registration to environmental clearance

• Complete documentation support in fulfilling and preparing the mandatory documents

• Online Application on DGFT Portal: Get complete assistance in online filing of the form using the DGFT portal

• Hazardous waste recycling approval issued by MoEFCC

• SPCB approval for CTE and CTO

• Application tracking and updates on the license status

• Details on eligibility for the Critical Mineral Recycling Incentive Scheme by the Government of India

• Complete documentation assistance for the application to the Project Management Agency (PMA) for the approval of the incentive

• 24*7 follow-up and query Resolution in case of confusion

With EnviroXperts, you can enjoy a hassle-free catalytic converter recycling licensing process and get higher returns.

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